Professor Sir John Baker FBA

Law
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1984
Subjects
Law
Sections
Law

Current post

Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Downing Professor of the Laws of England

1998 -

University of Cambridge Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge

1998 -

University of Cambridge Professor of English Legal History

1988 - 1998

University of Cambridge Reader in English Legal History

1983 - 1988

Publications

Introduction to English legal history 1971

The legal profession and the common law 1987

The English legal tradition 2001

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Professor Matthew Kramer FBA

Political, moral, and legal philosophy: deontological ethics; justice; moral realism as a moral doctrine; legal positivism and legal objectivity; rights and freedom

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Professor Michael Bridge FBA

General contract law and transactional commercial law, both national and transnational; commercial credit, proprietary security and insolvency; interests in tangible and intangible personal property

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Professor David Dyzenhaus FBA

The idea of legality in philosophy of law and political philosophy; constitutionalism; the modern legal state

David Dyzenhaus FBA

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